General Aminulllah Amarkhel, the police chief of the southeastern Ghazni province, has resigned from his position.

Gen. Amarkhel has resigned from his position due to the health issues.

Gen. Amarkhel had submitted his resignation several days ago and was accepted by the government leadership on Saturday.

Gen. Amarkhel was appointed as the police chief of Ghazni province by President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani in mid-October of 2015.

The government officials have not commented regarding the report so far.

The resignation of Gen. Amarkhel comes as Ghazni province has been witnessing growing violence and instability during the recent months.

Ghazni is one of the key provinces in southeastern Afghanistan which connects the central provinces including capital Kabul with the southern and western provinces.

Insurgents belonging to the Taliban group as well as the loyalists of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) terrorist group are actively operating in some of the restive districts of Ghazni and often carry out insurgency activities.